Recent Insights into the Emerging Role of Triterpenoids in Cancer Therapy

Natural products in the plant and animal kingdom offer a huge diversity of chemical structures that are the result of biosynthetic processes that have been modulated over the millennia through genetic effects. With the rapid developments in spectroscopic techniques and accompanying advances in high-throughput screening techniques, it has become possible to isolate and then determine the structures and biological activity of natural products rapidly, thus opening up exciting new opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry. The series also covers the synthesis or testing and recording of the medicinal properties of natural products. * Describes the chemistry of bioactive natural products * Contains contributions by leading authorities in the field * A valuable resource for natural products and medicinal chemistry Content: Copyright Page iv Contributors Pages xiii-xv Preface Pages xvii-xviii Atta-ur-Rahman Chapter 1 - Recent Insights into the Emerging Role of Triterpenoids in Cancer Therapy: Part II Pages 1-32 Rosa Tundis, Francesco Menichini, Monica Rosa Loizzo Chapter 2 - Highlights of Pentacyclic Triterpenoids in the Cancer Settings Pages 33-73 Jorge A.R. Salvador, Ana S. Leal, Daniela P.S. Alho, Bruno M.F. Gonçalves, Ana S. Valdeira, Vanessa I.S. Mendes, Yongkui Jing Chapter 3 - Immunomodulatory and Anticancer Activity of Sea Cucumber Triterpene Glycosides Pages 75-94 Dmitry L. Aminin, Evgeny A. Pislyagin, Ekaterina S. Menchinskaya, Alexandra S. Silchenko, Sergey A. Avilov, Vladimir I. Kalinin Chapter 4 - Bioactive Annonaceous Acetogenins Pages 95-117 Robert E. Smith, Kevin Tran, Kristy M. Richards Chapter 5 - Bioactive Naphthoquinones from Higher Plants Pages 119-160 Ingrid Hook, Clive Mills, Helen Sheridan Chapter 6 - Antiobesity Effects of Natural Products from an Epigenetic Perspective Pages 161-193 Esther C.Y. Woon, Joel D.W. Toh Chapter 7 - Natural Polyphenols as Potent Inhibitors of DNA Methyltransferases Pages 195-223 Hamid Marzag, Pierre Warnault, Khalid Bougrin, Nadine Martinet, Rachid Benhida Chapter 8 - The Chemistry and Bioactivity of Eucommia ulmoides Oliver Leaves Pages 225-260 Tetsuya Hirata, Tsuyoshi Ikeda, Takahiko Fujikawa, Sansei Nishibe Chapter 9 - Aloe Vera Gel in Food, Health Products, and Cosmetics Industry Pages 261-285 Shabnam Javed, Atta-ur-Rahman Chapter 10 - Synthesis of Marine-Derived Carbasugar Pericosines Pages 287-319 Yoshihide Usami Chapter 11 - Bioactive Components from Leaf Vegetable Products Pages 321-346 Francisco J. Barba, María J. Esteve, Ana Frígola Chapter 12 - Milk Fat Globule Membrane Material: Isolation Techniques, Health-Beneficial Properties, and Potential Applications Pages 347-382 Thien Trung Le, John Van Camp, Koen Dewettinck Chapter 13 - Determination of the Absolute Configuration of Natural Product Molecules Using Vibrational Circular Dichroism Pages 383-417 João M. Batista Jr., Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani Chapter 14 - Bioactive Metabolites from Rare Actinomycetes Pages 419-512 Kavita Tiwari, Rajinder K. Gupta Index Pages 513-518

Natural products in the plant and animal kingdom offer a huge diversity of chemical structures that are the result of biosynthetic processes that have been modulated over the millennia through genetic effects. With the rapid developments in spectroscopic techniques and accompanying advances in high-throughput screening techniques, it has become possible to isolate and then determine the structures and biological activity of natural products rapidly, thus opening up exciting new opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry.

The series also covers the synthesis or testing and recording of the medicinal properties of natural products.

• Describes the chemistry of bioactive natural products
• Contains contributions by leading authorities in the field
• A valuable resource for natural products and medicinal chemistry

Natural products in the plant and animal kingdom offer a huge diversity of chemical structures that are the result of biosynthetic processes that have been modulated over the millennia through genetic effects. This book covers the synthesis or testing and recording of the medicinal properties of natural products.